High scores of VIVO IPL 2017’S first three matches and expansion of BARC universe led to a 40 per cent hike in viewership ratings compared to last year, this also helped Sony MAX to reach the second spot in BARC’s Top 10 channels recently

The channel has been one of the most successful to come out of the Multi Screen Media (MSM) stable, with the channel aggressively selling its inventory only as far six months ago and managing to get 100% of it sold within a short span of time

With IPL viewership getting fragmented between online & TV, GECs are emerging as the gainers, say media observers, who add that the viewership of GECs has been consistent because of the change in the programming strategy